[KC22]

Hi All,

I have FAR & REG under my belt. I have been studying for BEC for the past 4 weeks. I have read through all the material except IT and Variances. Of course, I don’t feel all that confident yet because it was just a first read thru of the material and some mc. I originally planned to do BEC on February 14 and Audit on March 10. Please advise if you believe it is possible. I really want to finish these last two exam by the new release schedule.

FAR-83 (May 2016)

[Ginja_CPA]

I'd move BEC up a earlier, that way you can potentially have 5-7 weeks for AUD. For BEC I studied 5 weeks, AUD I studied 6-6.5 weeks. With you already having 4 weeks with BEC, I'd look at the end of January, first week of February to take it.

REG: 80 (02/19/16)
AUD: 83 (04/11/16)
BEC: 78 (05/28/16)
FAR: ?

[mitchvols]

I took 5 weeks on BEC. But don't base your time on what I did. Take your test when you are comfortable with the material. You definitely need to review IT and variances, you probably won't pass without an understanding in those.

There may be not enough time left for Audit, but it would be possible. So from that perspective, you may want to move up BEC, but don't move BEC up if you are not comfortable with it. The BEC exam is more important than AUD for this quarter. You fail BEC, you have SIMS next quarter. If you fail AUD, only the weights of the MCQ and SIMS are different.

[KC22]

Thank you for your input!
@Mitch, that's what I am thinking. Make sure I pass BEC, and then look at Audit as house money as opposed to risking both exams!

FAR-83 (May 2016)

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